International Journal for the Psychology of Religion
April 13, 2023
Robson Savoldi, Antônio Roazzi, Rita Clara de Oliveira Sales
6 citations
Mystical and even ego-dissolution experiences can be elicited from entheogens, like sacred potions of ayahuasca and jurema. Although composed of dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and having met at a historical moment, ayahuasca and jurema have different rituals, symbolic references, and origins. This article aims to describe ayahuasca and jurema rituals, in psychometric measures of mysticism and...
November 24, 2022
Robson Savoldi, Antônio Roazzi
preprint
Recent studies have assessed that the mystical alterations in sense of self are the best candidates for improvements in self-consciousness and the therapeutic potentials of ayahuasca’s rituals. Here, we examine the predictive relations of self-consciousness by mysticism and ego-dissolution self-reports. A cross-sectional study was drawn to investigate which self-consciousness traits – private...
Revista del CESLA International Latin American Studies Review
December 31, 2020
Robson Savoldi, Rodrigo de Azeredo Grünewald
2 citations
No Brasil, algumas plantas, bebidas e religiosidades são chamadas de jurema. Desde o período colonial, se registra o uso ritual da jurema entre indígenas do Nordeste do Brasil. Além disso, a jurema emerge com novas feições em uma religiosidade chamada catimbó, encadeada a partir daqueles ritos, e a qual foi alcançada pela umbanda em meados do século XX. A umbanda se reatualizou em contato com o...
Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
July 28, 2017
Robson Savoldi, Daniel Polari, Jaquelinne Pinheiro‐da‐silva et al.
38 citations
The combined infusion of Banisteriopsis caapi stem and Psychotria viridis leaves, known as ayahuasca, has been used for centuries by indigenous tribes. The infusion is rich in N, N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and monoamine oxidase inhibitors, with properties similar to those of serotonin. Despite substantial progress in the development of new drugs to treat anxiety and depression, current...
LA Referencia (Red Federada de Repositorios Institucionales de Publicaciones Científicas)
July 28, 2017
Robson Savoldi, Daniel Polari, Jaquelinne Pinheiro‐da‐silva et al.
The combined infusion of Banisteriopsis caapi stem and Psychotria viridis leaves, known as ayahuasca, has been used for centuries by indigenous tribes. The infusion is rich in N, N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT) and monoamine oxidase inhibitors, with properties similar to those of serotonin. Despite substantial progress in the development of new drugs to treat anxiety and depression, current...